See what Innovation Day is all about!

 

List of Exhibits - stay tuned as we add more

 

What is your pregame song?

As part of our Innovation Day registration experience, our AI-driven sentiment analyzer will take your picture, evaluate your mood or sentiment, and present you with a song that captures that emotion. Let us know if you think it captured you!

 

Smith Optics Custom Ski Goggles

Already a renowned leader in the world of sports eyewear, Smith Optics wanted to elevate the experience of shopping for the perfect pair to a new level. Slalom Build helped them create something they didn’t know was possible for creating a customized fit for every facial type. Customers download an app that uses their camera phone to take a detailed 3D face scan. Every measurement is captured and translated into a custom CAD file for Smith’s production team. Now it’s your turn to try it out.

 

Generative AI in Salesforce with Virgin Voyages

If you're thinking about generative AI and how it can be incorporated in your CRM, Slalom's Global Digital Service's team has created an API driven service layer LLM of choice that can be leveraged inside of Salesforce for various use cases that keeps your data and models private. For example, it can summarize a contact for your customer service agents and can dynamically conduct multi-lingual chats with customers using Einstein Bots. Come meet Vivi and see how Virgin Voyages is extending Salesforce's capabilities with AI to help customers and agents mange cruises. Learn more about our partnership and Vivi in the release here.

 

Digital Humans in Healthcare: A New Approach to Care

What if the persona you are targeting could match up with a digital representative designed to give them the optimal experience, and that that digital representative…could not only talk back, but truly interact with your customer?  By combining Digital Personas with conversational AI, you can keep the engagement level high, the information and responses fresh and topical.

 

From registration to discharge and beyond, we will explore how digital human intervention can aid in closing critical gaps in both patient and provider journeys. Demos will showcase digital human use cases across inpatient and outpatient care to enable efficiency, empathy, and efficacy. 

 

Generative AI for Sales and Customer Service

Generative AI can empower your account or call center reps to do their jobs more efficiently and with better outcomes. We’ll show how GenAI can:

• Make relevant knowledge base articles instantly available during customer calls
• Highlight key sales opportunities live
• Save time by summarizing calls, not just generating transcripts

 

Join us and try out a call-center tool in real time to guide you through a call with an angry customer. No scripts necessary!

 

Intelligent Products with NVIDIA

NVIDIA Omniverse, Cesium, Unreal Engine - Digital Twin

Digital Twin simulation that will showcase the effect digital twins can have on the manufacturing and energy sectors. 

NVIDIA Deepstream YOLO V8

Leveraging synthetic data (provided by Instant NGP) to power a computer vision model we are able to create a Machine Learning pipeline that productionalizes models in less than 30min. This pipeline is complete with integration testing, model evaluation, a model registry, and model deployment. Our model for the demo focuses on protective equipment detection, but because of our flexible pipeline we can create models for brain tumor detection and other medical imaging detections, defect detection in manufacturing, agriculture disease detection, and so much more!

 

Selling your NextGen Idea

Throw Away the Powerpoint Deck

Building a digital twin of your factory. Leveraging virtual reality in your training and maintenance programs. Incorporating AI into your customer service operations. ​Innovations in technology and the impact they can have on your business are revolutionary and can be transformational on a scale we could only once image.​ But no matter how next-gen, transformational or game-changing an idea might be, it still requires the one thing every other project in the world requires - funding. Your idea might be the next big thing, but it means nothing if you can’t build excitement, understanding and get people aligned to your vision.​ To do this - you need to stand out.​ It is not enough to just sell your idea.​ You need to sell your story.​ Learn how to elevate your ideas by communicating in different and engaging ways that build excitement, understanding and get people aligned to your vision.

 

Ericsson 5G Anywhere

Frontline employees need fast, accurate data while working with sensitive instruments in manufacturing and operations organizations. Leaders may be hesitant to invest in a fleet of higher-grade hardware because use cases haven't produced the necessary ROI. To fast track that value and lower the cost of implementation, Slalom and Ericsson are partnering to bring technology and engineering teams a chance to experiment with a “ready built kit”. Fueled by the power of Ericsson 5G technology and Slalom's Industry 4.0 accelerators, we will share stories about how true field experimentation can happen. Come see our case studies and sign up to be the next proof of value partner.

 

Slalom Ventures

Slalom Ventures is a part of Slalom, a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. We support external innovation by connecting best-in-class startups around the world to our 3,000+ corporate clients and innovators. Powered by our global reach and extensive network of 13,000+ advisors and mentors, we provide cross-industry insights and technological expertise to scale future growth for the next-generation of entrepreneurs and businesses.

 

Slalom Ventures: Meet Worlds

Worlds is the AI platform that drives real-world automation for large industrial companies. By transforming daily operations into live data streams, we enable seamless integration of AI-based automation, resulting in enhanced efficiency, safety, and profitability. Utilizing existing cameras, sensors, and systems, Worlds simplifies visibility into physical operations through a unified platform, translating extensive data into actionable insights in real-time. At Worlds, we believe in leveraging AI to empower your teams to achieve deeper insights into operations and unlock real-time process automation. Trust Worlds to provide a solid AI framework for your digital transformation. Learn more here.

 

Slalom DiscoverLab: Engage, Connect, Reflect: Join Our Digital Human Research Study

Dive into a unique customer service scenario with Slalom DiscoverLab. Engage with "Ali", a digital representative, while exploring a vacation resort. After your brief interaction, share your perceptions of trust, friendliness, and emotional connection. Your insights will shape the future of AI-driven customer experiences, and you can sign up to receive our comprehensive study findings.

 

 

 

 

 

Panel Discussion

Culture of Innovation

Thursday, November 2nd: 11:15 am - 12:15 pm 

 

Innovation is always a hot topic but how do we make it real? Listen in on this talk about what it means to have a culture of innovation, from ideation to operation. Our speakers will break down Slalom's tenets of innovation strategy and application and explore industry examples of those tenets in action. Learn where your business fits in the innovation culture maturity scale and how you can find your opportunity zones.

 

Sam Andrews - Moderator

General Manager, Slalom

Sam Andrews is the General Manager and Market Leader for Dallas/Fort Worth. Prior to this role, Sam led Slalom's Global Strategy Practice. Slalom Strategy (S2) advises organizations on how to transform their businesses to meet the future with the necessary agility and a customer-centric culture to create significant impact.  Futures need to be inspiring, intentional, and built and Sam has a passion for pushing the boundaries of what is possible to deliver innovative strategies that create better futures for all.  Sam brings 15+ years of experience as a leader in Industry and Consulting, developing business transformation strategies and reimagining experiences across customer segments, products, channels, technology and data. 

 

DeAndre Martin

Director of Partner Engagement and Special Projects for the Oklahoma City Innovation District, CEO of Monsta Investment Group, and XXII (22) East Community Development

DeAndre Martin was born and raised in Northeast Oklahoma City. He currently serves as the Director of Partner Engagement and Special Projects for the Oklahoma City Innovation District, CEO of Monsta Investment Group, and XXII (22) East Community Development. He has professional experience working with The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Oklahoma Senate, and Gardner Tanenbaum. DeAndre has a passion to support entrepreneurs and economic growth in underserved communities.   

 

Ash Pembroke

Senior Director, Slalom Strategy

Ash Pembroke, Senior Director, Strategy, for Slalom Dallas/Fort Worth is a product and analytics leader with extensive experience in digital strategy, emerging technology and Industry 4.0 - working with senior executives across a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Her passion is enabling data literacy and strategy at all levels of an organization.

 

Grant Joung

Managing Director, Slalom _build

Grant Joung is a Managing Director on the Slalom _build team and is based in Dallas-Fort Worth. As a leader in software engineering for the past 25+ years, he has worked with companies ranging from start-up to Fortune 500 in the development of innovative software and technology solutions.